1027218-Virtual environments: Modeling

Return to photoshop and repeat reference plane method for ear

This can be done in the same file

Save file - return to max

If file has not automatically updated there are two easy options

1. Add new bitmap with updated file - change material link to new bitmap

2. Go into bitmap settings - reload

Reference planes should appear as previously however with new guidelines

Hide head via layers menu

Repeat previous process to create geometry mesh of ear

Open layers menu - create new ear layer for geometry

Make ear see through - hotkey alt + x - add turbosmooth modifier - begin to create shape - add depth

Used connect to create geometry then pushed it into ear to create overlap of ear

Highlighted geometry - inset - extrude

This geometry is the moved and shaped as required

Result with turbosmooth on (Can help to edit in this view ie simple mesh over detail model using final result tool on modifier stack

Ear cavity is extruded as necessary

Added more geometry to inner ear

View with turbosmooth

Start to wrap geometry round back of ear using shift + edge drag (scale tool)

Move points inwards (make sure not to overlap geometry) - create second set of geometry protruding backwards (excessive detail not required as back of ear will not be visible

Ear rotated now created to align with reference planes

changed head colour for easier blog visulisation

Make head visible via layers menu

Hide ear via layers menu

Highlight and remove polygons for ear to be attached (use reference planes if necessary to see which polygons lie within ear placement)

Show ear via layers
Remove / add any geometry to hole as necessary

Align ear geometry to head geometry best as possible (removed extra sections on head to accomidate extra ear geometry - this decision was later reversed)

Group extra geometry together to tessalate ie for every one point group 2 points to be tessalated into one

Tessalate geometry whether possible to create same amount as head for target welding (if there is too much geometry - in this example there is)

Attach ear to head and target weld to connect geometry

[In this example found that head was attached to ear. This was an error and has effect heirachy. Since ear was rotated head has inherited ears rotation and model controls are rotated as a result as shown from above view

This does not directly effect the model at the moment but may cause problems in future - will address if possible

Target weld geometry to head

Check flow is exceptable with turbosmooth - (does not have to be perfect behind the ear

Front of ear proved to be extremely problematic. Extra geometry is too much to cleanly tessalate down

First attempt was aborted due to sveral geometry problems arrising before gap was filled

Second attempt though cleaner overall generate a large pinching point again before filling the void

Fourth attempt allowed the ear to be connected with more gradual natural flow however 3 adjacent single pinch points of geometry were left

These 3 pinch were then reduced to one

The ear was then made to flow round more however this led to two badly formed quads (greatly skewed + marked in blue) on later inspection and amended in blog - extremly skewed polygon found on lower ear and will attempt to be corrected if possible at a later stage

Later date:

Ear corrections

Adjusting geometry

Taking highlight geometry as shown and protruding to create rounder outer ear

Activating turbosmooth to visualise results as geometry is manipulated

final attempt to correct ear texture (WILL NOT ALLIGN WITH EXISTING BUMP MAP AND SPECULAR MAP WILL REPRODUCE IF TEXTURE WORKS AND AVAILBLE TIME)

Used normal map to overlay with semi opacity to guide warping geometry